 | Jude Law als Vassili Zaitsev |
 | Joseph Fiennes als Commisar Danilov |
 | Rachel Weisz als Tania Chernova |
 | Ed Harris als Major König |
 | Bob Hoskins als Nikita Khrushchev |
 | Ron Perlman als Koulikov |
 | Eva Mattes als Mother Filipov |
 | Gabriel Thomson als Sacha Filipov |
 | Matthias Habich als General Paulus |
 | Alexander Schwan als Young Vassili Zaitsev |
 | Lenn Kudrjawizki als Comrade in Train |
 | Gennadi Vengerov als Russian NCO |
 | Dan van Husen als Political Officer |
 | Ivan Shvedoff als Volodya |
 | Sophie Rois als Ludmilla |
| Mario Bandi als Anton |
 | Hans Martin Stier als Red Army General |
 | Clemens Schick als German NCO |
 | Hendrik Arnst als Fat Colonel |
 | Claudius Freyer als Aide de Camp |
| Dietmar Nieder als Blond Captain |
| Bernd Lambrecht als Captain with Lighter |
| Jim Dowdall als Stubborn Feldwebel |
 | Maxim Kovalevski als Politruk / Sniper |
 | Peter Silbereisen als Sweating Officer |
 | Markus Majowski als Stammering Officer |
 | Robert Stadlober als Spotter |
 | Gotthard Lange als Corpse Robber |
 | Anna Böttcher als Female Russian Typist |
 | Holger Handtke als Paulus' Aide de Camp |
 | Marc Bischoff als Stealing Photographer |
 | Mark Zak als Russian Captain at Headquarters |
 | Thomas Petruo als Russian Lieutenant |
 | Dmitri Alexandrov als Comrade in Shelter |
| David Pagel als Pravda Interviewer |
| Galina Dobberstein als Izvestiya Interviewer |
| Igor Rozinsky als Krasnaya Zvezda Interviewer |
| Sergei Tokarev als Russian Reporter |
 | Tom Wlaschiha als Soldier |
| Marischka Schubarth als Woman Plucking Eyebrows |
| Natalya Bondar als Woman Officer |
 | Dana Cebulla als Athletic Female Sniper |
| Piotr Papierz als Politruk |
| Jarek Wozniak als Politruk |
| Genia Makarov als Politruk |
 | Werner Daehn als Politruk |
 | Birol Ünel als Politruk |
| Grigori Kofmann als Politruk |
| Aleksei Nesterov als Politruk |
| Vladimir Vilanov als Politruk |
| Aleksei Volodin als Junior Politruk |
| Gennadi Tselbyansky als Senior Politruk |
| André Emanuel Kaminski als Russian Trench Officer |
 | Michael Schenk als Russian Officer |
| Jury Cooper als Russian NCO |
| Manfred Witt als Russian NCO |
| Arslan Kodirov als Chechen Sniper / Sniper / Russian Officer |
| Axel Neumann als Gaunt German Prisoner |
| Morin Smole als Sniper |
| Inna Samain als Sniper |
| Keta Burowa als Female Russian Radio Operator |
| Toby Cockerell als Russian Sharpshooter (uncredited) |
| Jürgen G.H. Hoppmann als Russian railroad worker / Polish railroad worker (uncredited) |
| Kay Hunsicker als Soldier (uncredited) |
 | Eddy Joseph als Voice on Tannoy (voice) (uncredited) |
| Martin Glyn Murray als Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Valentin Plătăreanu als General Schmidt (uncredited) |
| Thomas Rösicke als Russian Guard (uncredited) |
| Mikhail Matveev als Grandfather |
| Alain Godard | Screenplay |
| Wolf Kroeger | Production Design |
| Jean-Jacques Annaud | Producer |
| John Hubbard | Casting |
| John D. Schofield | Producer |
| James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Robert Fraisse | Director of Photography |
| Roland Pellegrino | Executive Producer |
| Jean-Jacques Annaud | Screenplay |
| Humphrey Dixon | Editor |
| Gudrun Leyendecker | Costume Design |
| Eddy Joseph | Sound Designer |
| Alisa Tager | Executive Producer |
| Ros Hubbard | Casting |
| Simon Wakefield | Set Decoration |
| Alain Godard | Executive Producer |
| Jörg Reichl | Executive Producer |
| Andreas Biegler | Sound Editor |
| Janty Yates | Costume Design |
| Jean-Jacques Annaud | Director |
| Noëlle Boisson | Editor |
| Joe E. Rand | Music Editor |
| Steven Lawrence | Art Direction |
| Klemens Becker | Camera Operator |
| Maher Maleh | Camera Operator |
| Patric Scott | Unit Publicist |
| Markus Bensch | Location Manager |
| Roxy Konrad | Art Department Coordinator |
| Martin Cantwell | Sound Effects Editor |
| Phillip Grannuci | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sebastian Meuschel | Camera Operator |
| Sabine Schulmeyer | Location Manager |
| David Crossman | Costume Supervisor |
| Valeska Schitthelm | Hairstylist |
| Steven Sallybanks | Scenic Artist |
| Matthew Plummer | Visual Effects Producer |
| Klaus Große Darrelmann | Location Manager |
| Jon Billington | Set Designer |
| Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Peter Chiang | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| John Paterson | Construction Coordinator |
| Neil Lamont | Art Direction |
| Jim Dowdall | Stunt Coordinator |
| Dominic Masters | Art Direction |
| Albert Von De Thuman | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Drew Jones | Visual Effects Producer |
| Frank Wegerhoff | Visual Effects Producer |
| Valeska Schitthelm | Makeup Artist |
| Christian Almesberger | Helicopter Camera |
| Alex Bailey | Still Photographer |
| Natascha Pfeiffer | Visual Effects Producer |
| Annette Borgmann | Casting |
| Carola Raum | Costume Supervisor |
| Sabine Groh | Set Costumer |
| Dietmar Haupt | Rigging Gaffer |
| Marco Bittner Rosser | Set Designer |
| James Wright | Dolby Consultant |
| Sönke Hansen | Camera Operator |
| Geoff Boyle | Additional Photography |
| Brigitte Friedländer-Rodriguez | Costume Supervisor |
| Mary Elizabeth Still | Costume Supervisor |
| Sheila Dunn | Animation Supervisor |
| Ronald Schwarz | Gaffer |
| Alex Hope | Visual Effects Producer |
| Peter Francis | Art Direction |
| Chris Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Paul J. Franklin | Sequence Supervisor |
| Matthew Holben | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sean Schur | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Linda DeVetta | Hairstylist |
| Fredrik Sundqvist | Animation Supervisor |
| Antony Bluff | Visual Effects Producer |
| Dominic Sidoli | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Michael White | Electrician |
| Kris Olson | Production Coordinator |
| Alexander Liebenthron | Props |
| Uli Nefzer | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Marcus Loges | Unit Manager |
| Phil Adams | Stunt Coordinator |
| Andreas Augsburg | Stunts |
| Hasso von Hugo | Key Hair Stylist |
| Julia Dehoff | Art Department Assistant |
| Martin Müller | Production Sound Mixer |
| Richard Bain | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Christian Wegner | Sound Mixer |
| Tabitha Dean | Visual Effects Editor |
| Anja Müller | Location Scout |
| Joey Weber | Property Master |
| Heinz Werner Schneider | Transportation Captain |
| David Hörnle | Video Assist Operator |
| Thomas Lauterkorn | Driver |
| Yvonne Yaconelli | Unit Production Manager |
| Gerd Breiter | Camera Operator |
| Paul I. Goldsmith | Set Production Assistant |
| Gerry Gavigan | First Assistant Director |
| Alexander Nowotny | 3D Artist |
| Gérard Estival | Color Timer |
| David Arch | Musician |
| Peter Holt | Foley Editor |
| Christian Almesberger | Aerial Camera |
| Dina Eaton | Music Editor |
| Claudia Davids | Production Accountant |
| Dieter Bähr | Key Grip |
| Steven Rosenblum | Additional Editor |
| Daniel Pruß | Stand In |
| Chantal Feghali | Post Production Supervisor |
| Thomas Hezel | Script Supervisor |
| Wolfgang Wrede | Painter |
| Lars Richter | First Assistant Camera |
| Michael Apling | Special Effects |
| Sandro Eichler | Grip |
| Sophie Cornet | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Tish Johnson | Post Production Accountant |
| Jens Gaube | Carpenter |
| Volker Beyer | Production Controller |
| Lothar Albrecht | Technical Supervisor |
| Gitti Fuchs | Additional Wardrobe Assistant |
| Sabina Franke | Additional Second Assistant Director |
| Paul Goldsmith | Assistant Director |
| Paul J. Hayes | Supervising Carpenter |
| Cathi Black | Music Coordinator |
| Michael Brink | Additional Visual Effects |
| Andy Stevens | Visual Effects Camera |
| Stephanie Dölker | Production Secretary |
| Giulia Maura | Post Production Coordinator |
| Michael Illingworth | Digital Compositor |
| Pierre Brayard | Key Set Painter |
| Eike Neumann | Tailor |
| Allen Smith | Second Unit Director |
| Nick Lowe | ADR Editor |
| Sonja Mantel | Costume Set Supervisor |
| Peter Dorme | Draughtsman |
| Martin Zillger | Sound Assistant |
| Manfred Arlt | Special Effects Technician |
| Tanja Ploetz | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Carmen Stahlhoven | Costumer |
| Vanessa Baker | ADR Voice Casting |
| Mark Stehli | Assistant Location Manager |
| Michael Elson | Head of Production |
| Udo Happel | Production Executive |
| Basia Baumann | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Kevin Tayler | Foley Recordist |
| Ciaran Crowley | Matte Painter |
| Paul Carr | Foley Mixer |
| Georg Ilse | Production Assistant |
| Paul Taylor | Second Assistant Director |
| Peter Gleaves | ADR Mixer |
| Jay Roberts | First Assistant Accountant |
| Jan Brun | Dolly Grip |
| Stefan Grandinetti | Second Assistant Camera |
| Roman Avianus | Location Assistant |
| Penny Leyton | CG Artist |
| J.J. Gordon | Dialogue Coach |
| Iris Müller | Extras Casting |
| Martin Body | Rotoscoping Artist |
| Graham Hall | Assistant Camera |
| Jörg Brehm | Special Effects Assistant |
| Renate Siegl | Negative Cutter |
| James Horner | Conductor |
| Anna Schmigalla | Payroll Accountant |
| Sarah Soulsby | Compositing Artist |
| Almut Gramer | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Johnny Feurer | Focus Puller |
| Peter Talbot | VFX Director of Photography |
| Etienne Boussac | Assistant Editor |
| Jim Henrikson | Supervising Music Editor |
| Anja Wedell | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Marcel Ahrens | Production Driver |
| Arthur Wicks | Property Master |
| Colin Ritchie | Dialogue Editor |
